Environmental Law and Policy/Governance
H.R. 241
Update Type
Bills Introduced
Committee Name
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Sponsor Name
Gabot
Sponsor Party Affiliation
R-Fla.
Issue
3
Volume
51
Update Issue
2
Update Volume
51
Congress Number
117
Congressional Record Number
167 Cong. Rec. H120

would reauthorize the Tropical Forest and Coral Reef Conservation Act.

H.J. Res. 107
Update Type
Bills Introduced
Committee Name
Committee on Appropriations
Sponsor Name
Lowey
Sponsor Party Affiliation
D-N.Y.
Issue
2
Volume
51
Update Issue
1
Update Volume
51
Congress Number
116
Congressional Record Number
166 Cong. Rec. H7277

would make further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2021.

S. 5048
Update Type
Bills Introduced
Committee Name
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Sponsor Name
Casey
Sponsor Party Affiliation
D-Pa.
Issue
2
Volume
51
Update Issue
1
Update Volume
51
Congress Number
116
Congressional Record Number
166 Cong. Rec. S7590

would improve compliance with mine safety and health laws, empower miners to raise safety concerns, and prevent future mine tragedies.

H.R. 3723
Update Type
Committee Action
Committee Name
Committee on Natural Resources
Committee Report
H. Rep. No. 116-668, Pt. 1
Issue
2
Volume
51
Update Issue
1
Update Volume
51
Congress Number
116
Congressional Record Number
166 Cong. Rec. H7276

would promote desalination project development and drought resilience.

H.R. 9059
Update Type
Bills Introduced
Committee Name
Committee on Financial Services
Sponsor Name
Kennedy
Sponsor Party Affiliation
D-Md.
Issue
2
Volume
51
Update Issue
1
Update Volume
51
Congress Number
116
Congressional Record Number
166 Cong. Rec. H9178

would require federal financial supervisory agencies to evaluate a financial institution’s record of meeting community environmentally sustainable investment needs as part of examinations.

H.R. 159
Update Type
Bills Introduced
Committee Name
Committee on Financial Services and Committee on Natural Resources
Sponsor Name
Sires
Sponsor Party Affiliation
D-N.J.
Issue
3
Volume
51
Update Issue
1
Update Volume
51
Congress Number
117
Congressional Record Number
167 Cong. Rec. H49

would authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to establish a program enabling communities to better leverage resources to address health, economic development, and conservation concerns through needed investments in parks, recreational areas, facilities, and programs.

H.R. 156
Update Type
Bills Introduced
Committee Name
Committee on Energy and Commerce
Sponsor Name
Rush
Sponsor Party Affiliation
D-Ill.
Issue
3
Volume
51
Update Issue
1
Update Volume
51
Congress Number
117
Congressional Record Number
167 Cong. Rec. H49

would amend Title II of the DOE Organization Act to reauthorize an office within DOE and direct the Secretary of Energy to establish and carry out a comprehensive, nationwide energy-related industries jobs program.

H.R. 74
Update Type
Bills Introduced
Committee Name
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Sponsor Name
Buchanan
Sponsor Party Affiliation
R-Fla.
Issue
3
Volume
51
Update Issue
1
Update Volume
51
Congress Number
117
Congressional Record Number
167 Cong. Rec. H46

would amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to include algal blooms in the definition of a major disaster.

H.R. 54
Update Type
Bills Introduced
Committee Name
Committees on Agriculture, Oversight and Reform, and Science, Space, and Technology
Sponsor Name
Biggs
Sponsor Party Affiliation
R-Ariz.
Issue
3
Volume
51
Update Issue
1
Update Volume
51
Congress Number
117
Congressional Record Number
167 Cong. Rec. H45

would repeal USDA's bioenergy subsidy programs and other related subsidy programs.

Safeguarding Against Distortions of Scientific Research in Federal Policymaking
Author
Melissa L. Kelly, Genna Reed, Gretchen T. Goldman, and Jacob M. Carter
Author Bios (long)

Melissa L. Kelly is Staff Director and Attorney at the University of California, Irvine School of Law’s Center for Land, Environment, and Natural Resources (CLEANR). Genna Reed is Senior Analyst in the Center for Science and Democracy at the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS). Gretchen T. Goldman is Research Director of the Center for Science and Democracy at UCS. Jacob M. Carter is a Research Scientist in the Center for Science and Democracy at UCS.

Date
January 2021
Volume
51
Issue
1
Page
10014
Type
Comment(s)
Summary

The appropriate use of science in policymaking depends upon integrity in scientific research and in the ways in which that research is communicated and applied throughout the policymaking process. On May 22, 2019, the University of California, Irvine School of Law’s Center for Land, Environment, and Natural Resources (CLEANR) and the Center for Science and Democracy at the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) convened a roundtable that brought together leading scientists, scholars, advocates, and policymakers to explore potential safeguards to protect scientific research and its use in federal policymaking. Based on the discussions at that roundtable, CLEANR and UCS offered recommendations for the executive branch, the U.S. Congress, and federal agencies to better protect against conflicts of interest, and to secure and advance the role of science in policymaking. This Comment expands upon the recommendations CLEANR and UCS proposed in the September 2020 fact sheet, Conflicts of Interest at Federal Agencies: Recommendations for 2021 and Beyond.

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